The song is perhaps best known for its opening lines: "Timothy Leary's dead / No, no, no, no he's outside looking in"[1], which allude to Leary's use of eastern mysticism (most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead) to frame the psychedelic experience. [2]

The song's lyrics describe both Leary and the effects of LSD, such as:

He'll fly his astral plane Takes you trips around the bay Brings you back the same day[3]

as well as:

He'll take you up, He'll bring you down. He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground. He flies so high, He swoops so low. He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.[4]

During the 1960s and 1970s, Leary was arrested regularly and was held captive in 29 different prisons throughout the world. President Richard Nixon once described Leary as "the most dangerous man in America".[1]

If you would be an authentic complete self-realized self-actualized human being you must add being a non-conformist to the mix.

Then take plenty of drugs...by which I mean the ones you feel most comfortable with; dare I add, the ones that have spurred the expansion of your mind the most...kick back, get naked, make plenty of love, make beautiful music together, get a bonfire going...